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If your parent (or someone else) can claim you as dependent, use the information below to determine if you must file a tax return. Keep in mind that if either federal or state taxes were withheld from your paycheck, only by filing a return can you receive a refund for any amounts due back to you. Refer to the IRS Form 1040 Instructions and IRS Publication 501 for additional information. You may also wish to utilize the IRS Interactive Tax Assistant (ITA) topic Do I need to file a tax return?

Unearned income includes taxable interest, ordinary dividends, and capital gain distributions. It also includes unemployment compensation, taxable social security benefits, pensions, annuities, and distributions of unearned income from a trust. Earned income includes salaries, wages, tips, professional fees, and taxable scholarship and fellowship grants. Gross income is the total of your unearned and earned income.

If your gross income was $4,050 or more, you usually cannot be claimed as a dependent unless you are a qualifying child. For details, see Exemptions for Dependents on page 11 of IRS Publication 501.

Single Dependents Were you either age 65 or older or blind? If not, then you must file a return if any of the following apply: